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Judge held homerle s, still at 60, Jays beat Yankees in 10th September 26 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink TORONTO (AP) Aaron Judge stayed at 60 home runs, one shy of Roger Maris' American League record, and the New York Yankees' bid to clinch the AL East stalled when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit an RBI single in the 10th to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win Monday night.Judge led off the game with a single, then struck out twice and walked twice as New York's winning streak ended at seven. The Yankees would've sealed the division with a win.Judge has now gone six games without a home run. He'll try again Tuesday night to match the AL mark of 61 set by Maris in Udoka Azubuike Jersey 1961. Judge's batting average remained at .314 he began the day leading all three Triple Crown categories.Guerreros two-out single off Clarke Schmidt (5-5) scored automatic runner Cavan Biggio from second base. Toronto won its third straight and increased its lead atop the AL wild-card race by 2 1/2 games over Tampa Bay.Judge scored the opening run of the game on a first-inning sacrifice fly by Gleyber Torres, and walked in the third before being erased on a double play. Judge struck out looking in the sixth and went down swinging in the eighth.With runners at first and second and two outs in the 10th, Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider replaced right-hander Anthony Ba s and brought left-hander Tim Mayza (8-0) on to face Judge. Toronto intentionally walked Judge to load the bases for left-handed hitter Anthony Rizzo, who grounded out.Back in right field after making his 22nd start at DH Sunday, Judge again left history on deck. Since connecting for No. 60 on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh to spark a ninth-inning comeback, he is 5 for 18 with three doubles, seven walks and eight strikeouts.Judge made a fine catch on Bichettes deep drive in the bottom of the 10th, then threw to second to keep Biggio from advancing.Greeted with a mix of cheers Mike Conley Jr. Jersey and boos from the crowd of 34,307 before his first at-bat, Judge opened the game with a sharp single to right field that had an exit velocity of 112.9 miles per hour. Rizzo doubled Judge to third before Torres drove him in with a flyball to right.Isiah Kiner-Falefa made it 2-0 with a two-out homer in the second, his fourth.Making his second start for the Yankees since returning from the injured list, right-hander Luis Severino allowed two runs and three hits in four innings. Severino threw 76 pitches, 49 for strikes. He struck out four and walked three.Severino didnt allow a hit until Bichette singled to begin the fourth. Guerrero followed with a potential double-play grounder to Andrei Kirilenko Jersey short, but Kiner-Falefa bobbled the ball and threw late to first. Alejandro Kirk walked to load the bases and Teoscar Hernndez followed with a double off the top of the center field wall.Rizzo and Torres hit back-to-back one-out singles in the sixth but Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman struck out Josh Donaldson and Giancarlo Stanton.Gausman allowed two runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out seven, reaching 200 for the second consecutive season, and walked one.Toronto put runners at first and second with one out in the seventh but Jonathan Loaisiga came on and struck out George Springer, then got Bichette to ground out.LEADING Ricky Rubio Jersey MANJudge was the leadoff batter in his first four plate appearances.ROBE REPORTA male fan in the front row of the left field seats wore black judges robes and a long, white wig. He sat behind a small sign reading All Rise.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: INF DJ LeMahieu (right toe inflammation) will take early BP Tuesday and is expected to test his injury more intensely, manager Aaron Boone said. Boone said RHP Frankie Montas (right shoulder) is trending in the right direction and could resume throwing this week.Blue Jays: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (left hamstring) has resumed running, Schneider said. INF Santiago Espinal (left oblique) has started hitting off a tee.UP NEXTYankees RHP Jameson Taillon (13-5, 3.90 ERA) starts Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Jos Berros (11-6, 5.27 ERA). ___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Aaron Judge American League New York Yankees Major League Baseball Santiago Espinal Lourdes Gurriel Jr. DJ LeMahieu Frankie Montas Cavan Biggio Gleyber Torres George Springer Kevin Gausman Alejandro Kirk Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Giancarlo Stanton Jonathan Loisiga Luis Severino Clarke Schmidt Aaron Judge Josh Donaldson Isiah Kiner-Falefa Anthony Rizzo Jameson Taillon Tim Mayza New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays share Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 15 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 51 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Derrick Favors Jersey Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 51 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks bring losing streak into game against the Hurricanes The Anaheim Ducks aim to end their six-game losing streak when they play the Carolina Hurricanes 52 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Blackhawks face the Metropolitan Division-leading Devils The Chicago Blackhawks face the top-ranked team in the Metropolitan Division, the New Jersey Devils 52 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS